COZY Z COLE

A few of my FAIRFIELD CA. observations...... Lived and worked in the CHICAGO,IL. area from 1966 to 1984. There's nothing like changing a tire with no gloves at -20 degrees and a wind chill of -100, speeding ticket for 2 miles over the limit on I-80 from the IL. ST. POLICE, and sleeping over night at work because all the roads were closed from 5 feet snow drifts and this was in the city. Although I know it's just stuff but searching for household goods and mementoes after a tornado went thru is not my idea of fun. I've lived in FAIRFIELD since 1984 and let's see..... a few hours from the ocean, NAPA VALLEY, LAKE TAHOE, S.F. BAY area, and great weather for just a few things that make me say "I'd never go back!" But then that's just my opinion!!! LARRY

Apparently in 1980 Datsun had an incentive for buyers of the new 10th anniversary 280zx with an automatic transmission. These buyers were entered into a drawing and 3 winners were chosen. The winners had their cars sent to a Datsun Factory to have turbo factory installed and then the car was returned to them. Does anyone out there know anything about this? If you know anyone who bought a 10th anniversary automatic in 1980 do they remember being entered into this drawing? Are there any previous or current owners of one of these three vehicles out there? Is this story totally bogus? LARRY

I posted this strictly for humor, not as a political statement! I never thought that people would take it so seriously, I'm cracking up LARRY

Check your fuel pressure. LARRY

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CONVENTION SCHEDULE New York, NY 6:00 PM Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry Fallwell 6:30 PM Pledge of Allegiance 6:35 PM Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding 2nd amendment) 6:45 PM Salute to the Coalition of the Willing 6:46 PM Seminar #1: Iraq Stratergies-Voodoo/DooDoo WMD 7:30 PM First Presidential Beer Bong 7:35 PM Serve Freedom Fries 7:40 PM EPA Address #1: Mercury-It's what's for dinner! 8:00 PM Vote on which country to invade next 8:10 PM Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh 8:15 PM John Ashcroft Lecture: The Homos are after your Children!! 8:30 PM Round table discussion on reproductive rights (MEN only) 8:50 PM Seminar #2 Corporations: The Government of the Future 9:00 PM Condi Rice sings "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 9:05 PM Second Presidential Beer Bong 9:10 PM EPA Address #2 Trees: The Real Cause of Forest Fire 9:30 PM Break for secret meetings 10:00 PM Second prayer led by Cal Thomas 10:15 PM Lecture by Karl Rove: Doublespeak made easy 10:30 PM Rumsfeld demonstration of how to squint and talk macho 10:35 PM Bush demonstration of trademark "deer in headlights" stare 10:40 PM John Ashcroft demonstrates new mandatory Kevlar chastity belt 10:45 PM Clarence Thomas reads list of black republicans 10:46 PM Third Presidential Beer Bong 10:50 PM Seminar #3 Education: A Drain on our Nation's Economy 11:10 PM Hilary Clinton " Pi n the Tail" contest 11:20 PM Second Lecture by John Ashcroft: Evolutionists: The Dangerous New Cult 11:30 PM Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh again. 11:35 PM Blame Clinton 11:40 PM Laura serves milk and cookies 11:50 PM Closing Prayer led by Jesus Himself, directed by Mel Gibson. 12: 00 PM Nomination of George W. Bush as Holy Supreme Planetary Overlord

Number One Idiot of 2003 I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away. Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number Two Idiot of 2003 Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet; the paint might run. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I fell of my chair on that one..... LARRY

Here's another source, autozone's web site has on-line factory manuals. Try this link..... http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/1d/1d/80/0900823d801d1d80.jsp LARRY

Good site , but damn the advertisements!!! LARRY

Check this, it's for the 81 280ZX with a turbo wiring section. They have cd manuals for all the years. http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CP&Product_Code=CDS13081 LARRY

UPDATE: Placed order today.....$249 with grill and $84 for the lights plus shipping/tax. Shipping first week of JUNE!!! LARRY

I did most of your list plus a new steering rack and larger sway bar. No need for the gang to stand inside, tighten it up!!!! LARRY

I'd do this in the following order: 1.Check the timing and the plug firing order. 2.Reset the idle to original turn. 3.Remove one gasket ( either one) because two would be too thick and future tighting of bolts could cause body to warp and create vacum leaks/replacement of the body. 4.Check your power valve because of the backfiring. 5.Check for vacum leaks and idle adj. Good Luck!!! LARRY

Couple things, did you use a HOLLEY rebuild kit? Any parts store kits are a POS. Did you replace the carb to manifold gasket? Double check plug firing order, vacum lines, and timing. Usual cause of carb backfiring is a too lean ldle mixture. LARRY

Phantom, you hurt "ABBY'S" feelings seeing that she is a fellow TEXAN that I bought on e-bay from a guy in ABILENE,TX. Your usuall humor didn't come out by saying her face would be all smashed up in a matter of days , but I'll handle it. LARRY

After reading the above comments again, this is my reasoning for buying it and I will address some of the issues. 1.It's to low....... my sidepipes are lower and I already have to scout for speed-bumps, deep driveway entrances,ect. 2. The front looks like it has the old 280Z bumper........ great as it fits the old 280Z bumper I kept on the rear of my car for more weight on the rear end. 3.Pic #4 alignment....... same as the air dam I have on it now. The dam folds over about 2 in. of the front quarter panel. 4. Air openings don't line up........ you don't want to look closely at my current one. 5. The overall lines don't flow..... sidepipes, old rear 280Z bumper-- 8) All this said I'LL be a happy Zeeer LARRY

Solid Yellow LARRY

MANAGEMENT LESSONS Lesson One An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?" The eagle answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it. Management Lesson : To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up. Lesson Two A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree. Management Lesson : Bull shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there. Lesson Three A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him. Management Lesson : (1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy. (2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend. (3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

Have you cleaned your injectors and checked their electrical connections?? You may need injector replacement. LARRY

Do this first. Check your accelerator linkage, idle speed adjustment screw, and replace your air regulator . LARRY

You got to love it when you buy a Z car because just for the hell of it I looked in my 78 280Z FSM and none of your wire colors match the body electrical system diagrams colors. good luck on this!! LARRY

Never one to be afraid of doing something different, I called them yesterday and here is what I found out: 1. The weight is est. shippng size not actual weight. 2. The lights are around $100 more. 3. They are in final price discussions with their supplier for the stainless steel wire grill assm. 4. Ordering for it and those options should be ready sometime next week. I am going to get the whole package for my 75 280Z so I'll update this and post some pics. after paint and assm. LARRY

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Phantom you missed your true calling !!!! LARRY